Billy Bragg
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December 20, 1957
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Billy Bragg Bio
Stephen William Bragg is an English singer-songwriter who was born on December 20, 1957. His music combines folk music and punk rock elements with lyrics that cover a wide range of political and romantic topics. His music is heavily centered on involving the younger people in political activism.
Bragg grew up with his father, Dennis Frederick Austin Bragg, an assistant sales manager for a Barking cap maker and milliner. His wife, Marie Victoria D'Urso, was of Italian origin.
He attended Barking's Northbury Junior School and Park Modern Secondary School, where he failed his eleven-plus exam, effectively disqualifying him from attending university.
Bragg then focused his efforts on learning and practicing the guitar with his next-door neighbor, Philip Wigg (Wiggy); the Faces, Small Faces, and Rolling Stones were among their influences.
In 1977, he founded his punk-rock group, and in 1986, he released Talking with the Taxman About Poetry, which became his first Top 10 album.
